Michael Novogratz, a macro hedge fund manager, spoke at the second annual Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit in New York on September 20. According to Novogratz, the Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto Index (BGCI) has indicated a “classic bottom” in the price of Bitcoin. The index tracks 10 digital currencies and makes predictions in the movement of the […]
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With Salt Lending, you leverage your blockchain assets to secure cash loans, and the application requires no credit check, making it appealing to people who are either limited in funds and credit history, or who may be unbanked. The company has announced a “200% increase in lendable areas.” In the US, they will provide blockchain-backed loans […]
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While the actual, measurable impact of human activities on climate change is debatable, most people will agree that CO2 emissions do affect the atmosphere. For those who are concerned about such things, there are two general ways to reduce our impact on the environment: through the free market, or through government enforcement. While it is […]
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Jeff Bezos has been busy building stores, and rockets, and distribution centers, and a knockoff of Pinterest. He’s a bit late to the game, but that has never stopped Amazon from figuring out ways to monetize on improvements to existing technology. They took ecommerce to a whole new level, and now dominate the realm of online […]
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Texas Securities Commissioner Travis J. Iles took emergency action Sept. 18 to stop the fraudulent offerings of investments in three separate schemes involving cryptocurrencies. Commissioner Iles entered separate emergency cease and desist orders against Coins Miner Investment Ltd., a cryptocurrency investment promoter operating in Russia; DGBK Ltd., an offshore digital “bank” that says it has developed hack-proof […]
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The price of Ripple (XRP) surged from a low of 27 cents on Monday to nearly 33 cents on Wednesday, September 19, bringing it back into the range it was in before it tumbled on September 5. Volume is nearly double its 30-day high, peaking at almost $700 million USD in 24 hour volume. Part […]
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Below is a summary of the OAG report, produced by NY Attorney General Barbara Underwood. Introduction The New York State Office of the Attorney General (the “OAG”) launched the Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative to protect and inform New York residents who trade in virtual or “crypto” currency. As a medium of exchange, an investment product, […]
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In our global world, payments are made routinely across continents, but they can be slow, incur large commissions for conversion and handling, and be vulnerable to hacking. Our personal information from simple passwords to biometric data is often stored in centralized, third-party repositories and may have even been replicated to be stored somewhere else. This […]
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Press Release SINGAPORE – Sep 15, 2018 – KuCoin, a Singapore-based international cryptocurrency exchange, today celebrates its one-year business anniversary. In recognition of this celebration, KuCoin has launched a series of special promotions, with a total of 47 BTC to be given away. The Promotions include a BTC Price Guessing Competition, Trading Competition, and Retweeting Campaign. […]
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Press Release Hashing24.com, actively participating in Bitcoin mining business since 2012, partners up with Emercoin. The cooperation will ensure the secured and effective mining of world-famed Bitcoin and Ethereum cryptocurrencies using the best solutions developed on SSL-certificates such as password-free authorization. Emercoin’s authentication system – emerSSL – is based on client SSL certificates that provide both client authentication and […]
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